Litecoin (LTC)

Litecoin ranks #15 of 534 cryptocurrencies. On a list that also counts wrapped coins, staked derivatives and stablecoins it appears at #24: 9 of the 23 things ahead of it are claims on assets already counted.

Rank among cryptocurrencies#15
Rank counting claims#24
Market capitalisation$5.5B
Price$70.89
Circulating supply77,644,242 LTC
Maximum supply84,000,000 LTC
Consensus familyProof of Work
Consensus mechanismScrypt
Own hashrate2.63 PH/s
Network purposePayments
Ledger typeSingle-asset ledger
Regulatory classCommodity

Market figures from the 25 September 2026 build snapshot. Open the live view for real-time exchange prices and charts.

Supply

77,644,242 of a maximum 84,000,000 LTC have been issued, 92.4% of the total that will ever exist.

The work behind it

Litecoin is secured by 2.63 PH/s of its own work. Hashrate does not compare across algorithms — a SHA-256 hash and a Scrypt hash cost different amounts to produce.

What a regulator has said

Named a digital commodity in the joint SEC-CFTC interpretation (Mar 17, 2026).

Reported as the regulator's position, not ours. Assets nobody has ruled on are left unclassified rather than sorted by our own guess.

Why this ranking is shorter than the others

An asset counts once. Wrapped coins, staked derivatives and stablecoins are claims on something already in the list, so they are listed separately rather than added to the total. That's why Litecoin sits at #15 here versus #24 elsewhere — the 9 positions between them are claims we don't count as separate assets. The methodology sets out both rules, and the counting rule argues for them.

See the 1 wrapped and staked claim on Litecoin →

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